Word: sill
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...burglar-catching window which drops, catches the burglar around the middle when he is halfway over the sill...
...night, I remember," reminisced Colonel Apted, "back in them horse-and-buggy days, they took a smart aleck up into 29-30 Weld Hall and tied him up to the ceiling like a picture-by his thumbs. They let his toes just touch the window sill so he could give an occasional little jump to release the pressure. He was jumping pretty fast and howling like hell when we got there...